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Shanghai [China], Oct. 14 : World No. 2 Andy Murray on Friday eased past against Belgium’s David Goffin to enter the last four of the Shanghai Masters here.The second seeded Briton thrashed the 11th seeded Belgian 6-2, 6-2. Murray, who was champion her…

Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 14 : World No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Friday survived a scare against the 110th rank player as he fought back after being a set down to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals.Djokovic lost the first set and was then taken…

Mumbai [India], Oct. 14 : Maharashtra pair of Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawne on Friday created history by recording the highest partnership in the history of the Ranji Trophy, country’s premier domestic competition here at the Wankhede Stadium.Gugale, …

Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Oct. 14 : Ajinkya Rahane, who is one of India’s batting mainstay, believes that the side would continue with the same aggressive intent in the upcoming five-match ODI series, which it displayed in the recently con…

Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 14 : South Africa have moved up to the second spot in the latest ICC ODI Rankings following their clean sweep in the five-match series against Australia.Australia, despite losing the series, are still at the top of the…

Melbourne [Australia], Oct. 14 : Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor believes that six Test spots are up for grab in the national team for the first match of the home summer against South Africa starting next month.Australia, who recently were outpla…

Karachi [Pakistan], Oct.14 : Disappointed by the ugly tiff between Shahid Afridi and Javed Miandad, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to take measures to stop former cricketers from levelling match-fixing allegations against each other to sett…

London [England], Oct.14 : Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has rated Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny as the toughest opponent he has faced so far in his career.The pair came up against each other during United’s 3-2 win against Arsenal at …

Wellington [New Zealand], Oct. 14 : Brett Lee and Mike Hussey, the two former Australian cricket stars, won’t be part of the Nine Network’s cricket commentary team in Australia this summer as former skipper Michael Clarke takes over a new line-up.As pe…

Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 14 : World number one Novak Djokovic, who believes that tennis “has yet to fulfill its full potential”, has called for the sport to “improve and evolve” after the women’s tour signalled a move towards new scoring forma…